in upper marlborough, tracy wilkins, news4. >>> breaking news in the middle east with israel on the brink of war against palestinian militants. fighting is the heaviest it's been in four years. hamas has fired more than 200 rockets into israel, killing at least three people there. in the meantime, israel's air strikes to stop the rocket fire from gaza hit dozens of hamas-related targets, including a military chief. another hamas leader is promising revenge for that death. israel is planning to increase its operations on the ground. as that violence in the middle east escalates, is it also striking a chord with many p people in our area. >> tonight opposing groups gather in the white house with protests. shomari stone has more on the heated exchange. >> free free palestine! >> no more rockets! >> reporter: the only thing separating these two groups is metal fence and secret service police. on one side, a pro-palestinian ral rally. >> look at you, you're happy that israel is killing and massacring palestinians. >> reporter: on the other, israel supporters. >> no more rockets! >> reporter: a

>>> no end to the violence in the middle east tonight. hundreds of rockets launched between israel and gaza on the fourth day of the conflict. and a deadly attack inside a d.c. metro station. good evening, everyone, i'm jim rosenfield. a robbery leads to an argument inside the woodley park metro station. one man was beaten the other stabbed to death. darcie spencer has reaction tonight from the victim's friends and neighbors as well. darcie? >> that happened right here at this metro station, down inside the tunnel. if you take a look over here, you can see metro transit police are here, there is an increased presence. nine juv 23450eniles are in cusn connection with this incident. 18-year-old ala duwan griffin has been identified as the teen stabbed to death about 1:15 saturday morning. >> senseless, sad. it's really sad. i seen his mother this morning, it's -- we're still mourning. >> griffin was robbed of personal belongings at 18th street and columbia road northwest. and then he ran into the same group at the woodley park metro station on connecticut avenue. that's when his frie

and reiterated his support for israel's right to defend itself. but she said the united states is urging israel to make efforts to avoid civilian casualties. it happened after an israeli air strike killed an hamas leader zufrnlt a woman can't walk after a medical mistake. she claims a doctor left something in her foot after surgery. shamari stone has the story. >> this woman scoots around her house in rockville tonight. >> this experience has to be the most painful i've ever had. >> she says nine months ago a doctor at the medical center operated on her foot to remove a bunion but left something behind. >> all i wanted him to do was take off my bunion and when i came out of surgery, i was in excruciating pain. >> her foot was red, swollen, she had no clue a broken drill bit was inside it. >> i kept telling him after surgery that it hurt. this is not a normal pain. >> she tried to go back to a normal life but couldn't. she went back to the hospital a week later and claims the doctor did not do an x-ray. he sent her home. three months later still in pain, she went back to the hospital. a second d

headquarters, jackie benson, news 4. >>> new explosions in israel. is rail escalated air strikes after two rockets fired from gaza landed just outside the capital of jerusalem today. israel is also known, amassing troops at the border. called up thousand of reservists ahead of potential ground invasion. prime minister netanyahu says the country is ready to take the next step if rocket fear does not stop. focus on capitol hill, remains on administration response to a 9/11 terrorist attack in benghazi libya. a closed door hearing with former cia director, david petraeus. jim? >> reporter: what general petraeus told lawmakers today has done little to clear up who knew what and when. what is clear is that initial accounts of a spontaneous uprising were quickly debunked. general petraeus said some in the cia immediately thought the attack that killed ambassador chris stevens and three others was the work of terrorists. he also said the white house withheld that information to avoid revealing the u.s. was on al qaeda's trail. that differs from what petraeus himself said three days after the atta

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